Suzanne Enoch, Billionaires Prefer Blondes

Billionaires Prefer Blondes

Suzanne Enoch

Avon, Nov 2006, $6.99

ISBN 0060875224

In New York City, former cat burglar Samantha Jellicoe adheres to her vow that she made to her billionaire live-in lover Richard Addison to stop the thieving. In between heating their Manhattan apartment with their sexual encounters, Sam and Rich attend a Sotheby auction. He buys a highly regarded painting while she is stunned when she sees her father at the sale. Her father Martin, who mentored her burglary career, died three years ago.

Martin also showed interest in the Hogarth that Rich bought. Not long afterward, someone breaks into Rich's townhouse and steals the Hogarth. The police suspect and arrest Sam, who tracks down her father to demand to know why he shammed death and to return the painting. Martin counters with a deal of the century robbery that Sam agrees to assist, which makes Rich fall in with the plan too. As they begin the escapade, not everything is quite like it seems.

The third Sam and Rich cat caper (see Flirting With Danger and Don't Look Down), is a fun somewhat zany entry in a wonderful lighthearted series. The humorous storyline is fast-paced whether in the townhouse heating the sheets or on the heist. Sam is stupendous while Rich is in awe of her not so marketable skills (at least since Nixon was retired). A twist involving her father adds to a delightful mix in which fans will want the fourth "life" of a not so retired cat burglar and her lover.

Harriet Klausner